Graphic Design Worksheet: Colour Schemes
Creator's tip (Round the wheel): Paint primaries: red, yellow, blue. Red + yellow = orange, yellow + blue = green, red + blue = purple. Complementary = opposite (180° apart); analogous = neighbours; monochrome = one colour; triadic = 120° apart. Tint = colour + white; shade = colour + black. Warm: reds, oranges, yellows. Cool: blues, greens, purples.
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- 1.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) red, yellow and blue (b) blue with orange (c) red and red-orange (d) three shades of green
- 2.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-violet? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 3.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite blue? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
- 4.🌈 Which colour scheme is “blue with orange”? (a) analogous (b) triadic (c) complementary (d) monochrome
- 5.🎨 In paint, mixing yellow and blue makes which colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) brown (d) purple
- 6.🌈 Warm or cool: red-orange? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 7.🌈 Adding black to a colour makes a … (a) font (b) shade (c) tint (d) margin
- 8.🌈 Warm or cool: orange? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 9.🌈 Which colour scheme is “pale to deep red”? (a) complementary (b) monochrome (c) analogous (d) triadic
- 10.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 90° and the next at 210°. At how many degrees is the third?
- 11.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) orange, green and purple (b) yellow and yellow-green (c) yellow with purple (d) pale to deep red
- 12.Which of these is a monochrome scheme? (a) red with green (b) red and red-orange (c) blue with orange (d) pale to deep red
- 13.🌈 Warm or cool: green? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 14.True or false: blue-green is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🎨 In paint, mixing blue and red makes which colour? (a) brown (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
- 16.🌈 Which colour scheme is “light and dark blues”? (a) analogous (b) complementary (c) triadic (d) monochrome
- 17.True or false: blue-violet is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🌈 Adding white to a colour makes a … (a) pixel (b) tint (c) border (d) shade
- 19.🎨 A colour sits at 300° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 20.🌈 Which colours feel calm and cool? (a) blues and greens (b) oranges and pinks (c) yellows and reds (d) reds and oranges
- 21.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 30° and the next at 150°. At how many degrees is the third?
- 22.True or false: yellow-orange is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🌈 Which colour scheme is “blue and blue-green”? (a) monochrome (b) triadic (c) analogous (d) complementary
- 24.Which of these is an analogous scheme? (a) blue with orange (b) light and dark blues (c) orange, green and purple (d) yellow and yellow-green
- 25.🌈 Warm or cool: blue-green? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 26.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 210° and the next at 330°. At how many degrees is the third?
- 27.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite red? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
- 28.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow-orange? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 29.🌈 Screens make every colour by mixing light of … (a) red, yellow and blue (b) black and white only (c) orange and purple (d) red, green and blue
- 30.🎨 A colour sits at 180° on a colour wheel. At how many degrees is its complementary colour (exactly opposite)?
- 31.🎨 In paint, mixing yellow and red makes which colour? (a) green (b) brown (c) orange (d) purple
- 32.🌈 Colours next to each other on the colour wheel are … (a) neutral (b) complementary (c) analogous (d) triadic
- 33.🌈 Warm or cool: yellow? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 34.Which of these is a triadic scheme? (a) pale to deep red (b) red and red-orange (c) orange, green and purple (d) three shades of green
- 35.🌈 Warm or cool: purple? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 36.True or false: yellow is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🎨 On a six-colour wheel (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), which colour is opposite orange? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) red
- 38.🎨 Triadic colours are 120° apart on a colour wheel. One is at 0° and the next at 120°. At how many degrees is the third?
- 39.True or false: purple is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 40.Which of these is a complementary scheme? (a) pale to deep red (b) blue and blue-green (c) red, yellow and blue (d) blue with orange
Answer key
- red and red-orange
- cool colour
- orange
- complementary
- green
- warm colour
- shade
- warm colour
- monochrome
- 330
- yellow with purple
- pale to deep red
- cool colour
- False
- purple
- monochrome
- True
- tint
- 120
- blues and greens
- 270
- True
- analogous
- yellow and yellow-green
- cool colour
- 90
- green
- warm colour
- red, green and blue
- 0
- orange
- analogous
- warm colour
- orange, green and purple
- cool colour
- False
- blue
- 240
- False
- blue with orange
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